Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has failed – China’s Economic Statistics go ‘Dark’
Xi Jinping’s foreign policy centerpiece – Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – has been failing/slowing for so long now that China ‘has stopped publishing tens of thousands of economic statistics’, i.e., China’s Economic Statistics are ‘Going Dark’. ‘Going Dark’ is a good indicator of failure:
Gun Safety courses for American Schools & Mine Safety courses for Ukrainian Schools
Many American Public schools no longer focus on teaching The three Rs – said as “reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic“. Public schools in America focus more on Sexually Grooming Children, and teaching the racist Critical Race Theory (CRT), which results in articles like this:
U.S. reading and math scores drop to lowest level in decades – ‘The average test scores for U.S. 13-year-olds have dipped in reading and dropped sharply in math … The average scores, from tests given last fall, declined 4 points in reading and 9 points in math, compared with tests given in the 2019-2020 school year, and are the lowest in decades … Among Black students, math scores declined 13 points, while white students had a 6-point drop. Compared with the 35-point gap between Black and white students in 2020, the disparity widened to 42 points.’
(NOTE the different spelling of black & white for students – “between Black and white students” – which is about as racist as it can get, and is what is happening in America’s Public Schools)
24% of 13-year-old students report taking algebra in 2022-23, down from 34% a decade ago:
Falling Ruble & “Mammoth’s Crap” T-54 Tanks: How are Russians doing?
‘Russians Grow Desperate’ – thanks to Putin & his cronies – that’s how the Russians are doing. After the 2/24/2022 Russian reinvasion of Ukraine, the ruble plunged to around 130 against the dollar. By summer of 2022, it was around 60 against the dollar. By 1/15/2023, it was around 66 against the dollar. By 8/11/2023, it was almost 100 Rubles against the dollar:
Ukraine’s approach against Russia – Lingchi (“Death by a Thousand Cuts”)
Ukrainian soldiers regularly cross the Dnipro River under darkness to probe Russian defense weaknesses on the other side of the waterway. (Illustration: Karolina Gulshani)
Russia should’ve never reinvaded Ukraine—they know it now, after almost 18-months of incredible Russian losses.
- Dead: 252,200. Wounded: 756,600. Armored combat vehicles: 8,303. Tanks: 4278. Artillery: 5028. Aircraft: 315. Helicopters: 313. Ships and boats: 18.
You can tell that those numbers are close to being accurate by Russia’s actions, example 1: Russia Sending ‘Ancient’ Tanks to Ukraine War as Military Struggles – “They’re ancient like mammoth’s crap,” one Russian resident in Voronezh says to another, both observing the transfer. “T-55, they ran out of new tanks, bringing up old stuff now.” Example 2: Russia was never able to gain Air Superiority, so were forced to keep their Air Superiority fighters on the ground—back in Russia or well hidden elsewhere. Example 3: Russia was forced from the Offensive position to the Defensive position, in about a year, after huge losses of experienced troops.